Tolstoy ploughing, Ilya Repin, 1887


Poema
Tolstoi, morto na estação

Lev Nikolaievitch
contempla ainda
o detalhe auspicioso do céu:
espera o comboio
ele que traz a nudez absoluta
e é um simples russo
embriagado de estepe
que vê nas árvores almas perfeitas-

Lev Nikolaievitch
está ainda sentado
no banco feito dessas árvores:
mas o comboio há-de partir sem ele!
José


Tolstoi, who died at the station

Lev Nikolaevich
                              contemplates
the auspicious image of sky:
waiting for the train
he who brings with him the absolute nudity
and is a simple Russian drunk with the steppe
see in the trees perfect sister souls.

Lev Nikolaevich
                              is still sitting
on the bank made of these trees:
but the train will be leaving without him!
José


music
Philip Glass - Satyagraha - Act I: Tolstoy Farm
https://youtu.be/2AecA2k94MQ